infuriate

/ɪnˈfjʊərieɪt/ (bre, ipa) · /ɪnˈfjʊrieɪt/ (ame, ipa) · /in-ˈfyu̇r-ē-ˌāt/ (ame, mw)

infuriate — 動詞

  • infuriatepresent simple I / you / we / they
  • infuriateshe / she / it
  • infuriatedpast simple
  • infuriating-ing form

1. to cause someone to feel a very strong, often uncontrollable anger — for example

1.動詞及物B2
釋義

激怒；使大怒

使某人極度憤怒

to cause someone to feel a very strong, often uncontrollable anger — for example, a long delay that makes a traveller so angry they start shouting.

例句

The traffic jams on this road infuriate Fatima every morning on her way to work.

這條路上的塞車每天上班都讓 Fatima 氣得半死。

transitive: [something] + infuriates + [person]

It infuriated the manager that someone had used the company credit card without permission.

有人未經許可動用了公司信用卡，這讓經理非常憤怒。

dummy-it pattern: it infuriates + person + that-clause

同義詞
  • enrage

    similar intensity but less common in everyday conversation; suggests a more explosive anger

  • anger

    a more general and less intense word; covers any degree of making someone mad

  • incense

    stronger than 'anger', but slightly more formal; often used in written English

  • exasperate

    adds a sense of frustration or annoyance on top of anger

反義詞
  • calm

    to make someone stop feeling angry

  • soothe

    to reduce someone's anger or annoyance

文法句型

infuriate + noun/pronoun

it infuriates + person + that-clause

用法筆記

Frequently used in the passive (be infuriated by/at). The dummy-it construction (it infuriates sb that…) is common, especially in spoken English.

常見錯誤

❌The noise infuriated me up.
✅The noise infuriated me.
💡'infuriate' does not need a particle like 'up'; it is a complete transitive verb on its own.
❌I infuriated with his behaviour.
✅I was infuriated by his behaviour.
💡when describing your own reaction, use the passive form.

infuriate — 形容詞